Olivia Wilde's September Glamour Cover Shoot

Olivia Wilde's September Glamour Cover Shoot

Olivia Wilde is having one of those years: She's engaged, just had a new baby (flip through to see Otis!) and has given herself a serious career makeover. In this excerpt from her cover interview, she tells Glamour editor in chief Cindi Leive about becoming the woman she was meant to be. To read the complete story and see all the photos from Olivia's cover shoot, pick up the September issue of Glamour on newsstands August 12 or subscribe for instant access to the digital edition.

Olivia on her earlier roles...

"I felt that I had been cast in films that, though I was very excited to be a part of, didn't feel that they were actually the right roles for me. I felt like I was almost a fraud—like I somehow had become a kind of pinup version of myself."

Lanvin dress, scarf with flower; Dior earrings

Patrick Demarchelier

Olivia on whether she worried it would be hard to be a working mother...

"No, because of the example of my mom. My mom is such a badass working mother. That inspired me when I was pregnant. I wasn't going to sacrifice myself because I was becoming a mother."

Prada dress, scarf; Jennifer Fisher earrings

Patrick Demarchelier

Olivia on whether she and fiancé Jason Sudeikis are getting married...

"We're engaged, but no specific plans yet—we just have to find the time to put it together. In many ways, a child is more of a commitment. We are fully committed and really happy as a family. And there's no definition of the 'normal family' anymore. Kids today are growing up with so many different definitions of family. I guess what I'm saying is that I don't feel any pressure to do it. But I think it will be really fun."

Louis Vuitton dress. Jennifer Fisher earrings

Patrick Demarchelier

Olivia on why it feels natural to be photographed while breast-feeding Otis...

"Being shot with Otis is so perfect because any portrait of me right now isn't complete without my identity as a mother being a part of that. Breast-feeding is the most natural thing. I don't know, now it feels like Otis should always be on my breast. It felt like we were capturing that multifaceted woman we've been discussing—that we know we can be. You can be someone who is at once maternal and professional and sexy and self-possessed. [But] I mean, I certainly don't really look like that when I'm [typically] breast-feeding. And there's usually a diaper involved."

Olivia on her first marriage...

"[I] wouldn't be this person without that first marriage. I really grew up with my first husband. Now I'm in a much wiser, more centered place in life. I think if we can see people in our lives as chapters, we have a much healthier perspective about the whole thing. It's like it had to happen the way it happened. Jason and I lived two blocks away from each other for years and never met."